High Residue Farming under Irrigation workshops have been held in Moses Lake, Washington every December since 2004. Below are past workshop agendas and digests of speaker presentations.
Workshop Agendas and Digests
2008 Workshop Digest: high quality or fast download
- The Basics of High Residue Farming under Irrigation, Andy McGuire, WSU Extension
- Why Consider High Residue Farming in the Columbia Basin?
- Planters, Drills, and Attachments for High Residue Farming
- Strip-tillage for the Columbia Basin
- Soil Fertility Considerations in High Residue Farming
- Managing the Soil as a Habitat, Jill Clapperton
- Managing the Soil for Biological Fertility, Jill Clapperton
- HRF for Dry Beans, Tom Grebb, Central Bean, Quincy
- 2008 Season; No-till Corn, Strip-till Profiles, Soil temperatures and Options, Andy McGuire
- HRF for Alfalfa and Timothy, Rick Nielson, Mesa
2007 Workshop Digest: high quality or fast download
- Why Consider High Residue Farming in the Columbia Basin?, Andy McGuire, WSU Extension, Grant-Adams Area
- Planters, Drills, and Attachments for High Residue Farming, Andy McGuire
- What happens to the soil when you stop tilling it?, Hal Collins, USDA-ARS, Prosser and Patterson
- Starter Fertilizer for High Residue Farming, Rich Koenig, WSU, Pullman
- Strip-tillage for the Columbia Basin, Andy McGuire
- Strip-tiller Discussion, Jame Freeman, Sam Krautscheid, Alan Williamson
- High Residue Farming under Irrigation in California, Tom Barcellos, Dairy Farmer, Tipton, California
2006 Workshop Digest: high quality or fast download, and agenda:
- Why consider high residue farming in the Columbia Basin?, Andy McGuire, WSU Extension
- Who is this Beck guy, and why should I listen to him?, Dwayne Beck, South Dakota State University, Dakota Lakes Research Farm
- How does this work on the farm?, Mark Watson, Alliance, Nebraska
- Do you C what I C?, Dwayne Beck
- How much water will high residue farming save under irrigation?, Andy McGuire
- What is the PNDSA and what can it do for you?, Russ Evans, Executive director, Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association
- Challenges and opportunities in high residue farming, Panel discussion: Dwayne Beck
- Will Reed, Othello, Washington
- Mark Watson
- Alan Williamson, George, Washington
- How do I get started?, Dwayne Beck
2005 Workshop Digest and agenda:
- Why consider reduced tillage now?, Andy McGuire, WSU Extension
- Has anybody tried this here?, Producer panel:
- Tim Melville, Enterprise, Oregon
- Eric Williamson, George, Washington
- What is Possible? Experience with Irrigated Systems in Nebraska, Paul Jasa, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)
- How are these systems managed?, Paul Jasa, UNL
- How do soils respond to reduced tillage?, Stewart Wuest, USDA-ARS, Pendleton, Oregon
- How does reduced tillage affect fertilizer application?, Guy Swanson, Exactrix Global Systems
- What kind of equipment do I need?, Paul Jasa, UNL Where do I start?, Justin Mount, NRCS, Ephrata, Paul Jasa, UNL
2004 Workshop Summary and agenda:
- Opening, Andy McGuire, WSU Extension
- Considerations in Adopting Direct Seeding Systems, John Aeschliman, Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association, farmer
- Farmer Experience: Warren Mason, AgriNorthwestAgronomist
- Farmer Experience: Eric Williamson, Williamson Farms
Questions?
Contact Andy McGuire Lauzier Agricultural Systems Educator WSU Extension Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources
PO Box 37 (35 C St NW) Ephrata, WA 98823 509.754.2011 ext. 413
509.754.0163 fax
amcguire@wsu.edu
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